{"data":{"id":"us-vt/21-v.s.a.-434","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"21 V.S.A. § 434","heading":"Employment of children under 16 years of age","body":"(a) A child under 16 years of age shall not be employed:\n(1) more than eight hours in any day;\n(2) more than six days in any week;\n(3) earlier than seven o’clock in the morning; or\n(4) after seven o’clock at night, except from June 1 through Labor Day, when a child may be permitted to work until nine o’clock at night.\n(b) A child under 16 years of age shall not be employed more than three hours on any day that school is in session, and not more than a total of 18 hours during any week that school is in session.\n(c)(1) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section, a child employed as an actor or performer in motion pictures, theatrical productions, radio, or television, or employed as a baseball bat person, may be employed until midnight or after midnight if a parent or guardian and the Commissioner of Labor have consented in writing.\n(2) The Commissioner shall adopt rules regarding the permissible duties of a baseball bat person.\n(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to employment as a newspaper carrier or work connected with agriculture or domestic service.","path":["Title 21: Labor","Chapter 005: Employment Practices","Subchapter 004: EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN AND ALIENS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/21/005/00434","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:04Z","sha256":"a76c9e0c3ba69a6ceccd31370d1e60652d0013a8e107488c1f6e09260cc4a959","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/21-v.s.a.-433","next":"us-vt/21-v.s.a.-435"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}